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Many settlements surrounded the area of the land which was to become the town of Milford Haven, and these included Hubberston, Hakin and Pill. Now we fast forward to 9th June, 1790 to the Act of Parliament guided through legislation by William Hamilton who saw the potential of land on the northern shore of the Milford Haven waterway.
The only nucleated settlement is Herbrandston village, which has a core of 19th century houses surrounded by modern development. Benton historic landscape character area is situated on the bank of the Milford Haven waterway.
The littoral landscape of Milford Haven encapsulates the whole chronological range of maritime conquest, settlement, commerce, fishing and defence from the 11th century to the changing realities of the late 20th century. This is a highly articulate and distinctive land and seascape; its integrity is its highest factor.
Milford Haven (Welsh: Aberdaugleddau, lit. 'mouth of the two rivers Cleddau ' listen ⓘ) is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages.
Milford Haven had two advantages over other locations: deep water anchorage for the increasingly large vessels of the day; and quantities of farmland on which to build. Esso was the first company to build in 1957, followed by BP’s terminal in 1961, Texaco in 1963, Gulf in 1966 and Amoco in 1970, and in the early 1960s the oil-fired Pembroke Power Station was commissioned.
History of Milford Haven. The town of Milford Haven was founded in 1793 by Sir William Hamilton, who initially invited Quaker whalers from Nantucket to live in his town, and then, in 1797, the Navy Board to create a dockyard for building warships. [1][2] Milford Haven Waterway has a longer history as a staging point on sea journeys to Ireland ...
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